It’s an LRP Station. It is the same station as the SMTmax 202D. I got it on eBay cheep:)
Very nice. Not a bad price either. What about the tips? Are they Hakko style?
Just 3 seconds to reach Sn63Pb37 fusion temp, LightRider? Honestly, are you joking?
That 110W iron I bought is said to do that in ≈8 sec, and that's FAST. Even the 72W T12 tips, with less metal to heat up and integrated heating element don't even come close to your figures.
Cheers ^:)
Yours may not be an actual 110watts?
I’m not joking at all. I turn it on count to 3 and the solder starts melting using a medium-small tip.
The tips it uses are cartridge style like this:
Looks like some sort of quality tip with integrated heating element. These have less mass heating to deal with, also. May be possible. That station rocks!
My iron has more metal parts and the heads fit over the heating element, embracing it. So without tight fitting official Hakko tips, this may result in suboptimal heat transfer for those chinese tip rip-offs. Nothing some aluminium foil can't fix, though.
Cheers ^:)
The description on this solder station says electromagnetic heating the tip?
Induction for heating the tip really?
Check this post on eevblog forum
Here is a link for suggested item https://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10038143/9656628-dsk-t12-d-digital-soldering-iron-station
Here is a code for 15% off Fasttech.com ( 15% off )
I boght a Yihua 936.
Same one EasyB and Dusty mentioned above.
The soldering iron fell apart on it. And the cable connecting the iron to the control box is flaky, has to be bent just so to get the red light to go on.
Cheap though.
Thanks for the recommendations. I’m due for something more reliable.
Looks nice!
High power too.
Is it still alive?
Starting to get fed up with cheap 40 Watt Velleman type irons.
They don’t last long and the tips are low quality and a bit hard to find.
But i think stations are to big. Takes up bench space.
Alive and kicking. ;-)
The iron has earthing but of course that is if you attach it into an earthed plug.
My first heating element died soon, I think it had to do with me rolling aluminum foil around the heater. :TIRED:
The next heating element is still alive, and the iron has been used very often. :-)
Right now I am experimenting with some GD900 thermal paste around the heater to improve thermal conductivity.
The stock tip is high quality, Hakko T18-B type.
Temperature calibration range is ±50°C and the heater I am right now using reads around −120°C (to be checked with thermal paste added), thus I have it calibrated at −50°C and substract 70°C from the display to obtain the actual temperature. No issue as you can set temperature up to 480°C.
Bought a Hakko T18-D24 tip soon after my first heater broke. Right now thinking in some T18-Cx tip.
Cheers ^:)